The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread
The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.
Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel
These People Are the Secret to Bernie Sanders’s Success These People Are the Secret to Bernie Sanders’s Success
Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by a comfortable margin in New Hampshire, and he has almost caught her in nationwide fundraising. How did he do it?
Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left? I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?
The cable answer to Fox News is slowly shrinking from the fight. Can digital outlets fill the void?
Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / Leslie Savan
The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same? The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same?
This country needs a Workplace Democracy Act to assure that workers who join unions do not face retaliation and barriers to collective bargaining.
Oct 6, 2015 / John Nichols
Tell the Democratic Party: We Need More Debates Tell the Democratic Party: We Need More Debates
With only six primary debates scheduled, the DNC is doing the party—and our democracy— a disservice.
Oct 6, 2015 / NationAction
The War on Planned Parenthood The War on Planned Parenthood
Lives in the balance must be defended.
Oct 6, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress
Election-year pressures and the deal’s actual details may yet scuttle final passage of TPP.
Oct 5, 2015 / George Zornick
Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue
Clinton just came out with a tough plan to tighten gun laws. Will Sanders stick to his guns—or try a new approach?
Oct 5, 2015 / Joan Walsh
‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer
The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.
Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden